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One kind of dependence relation between a pair of random variables

I have been working on privacy and come across a neat problem. Suppose two random variables $X$ and $Y$, over finite alphabets $\mathcal{X}$ and $\mathcal{Y}$, are given with joint distribution $P_{...
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Estimating a percentile among distributed nodes without revealing values

I have a fairly unique problem to solve and I am hoping somebody here can give me some insight into how to best tackle it. Problem: Suppose a list of N numbers is shared among a set of participants ...
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